What's wrong with my computer?

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by dstebbins, Nov 2, 2005.

  1. dstebbins

    dstebbins Geek Trainee

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    My computer is brand-spanking new. I've had it less than a week, and it's already slowing down. I could download programs at around 44.0KB per second, and now it's slowed down to around 5KB per second. I used to be able to load webpages in the blink of an eye, but now my DSL feels like dial-up because it's so slow. I've got 512MB of Memory and the processor is an AMD Athlon XP running at 2.6GHz.

    If it helps, today I set up a local network with another, older computer in my house that runs at 1.4GHz and only has 256MB of RAM. Could that be a factor?
     
  2. Anti-Trend

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    Have a look at this thread, as it may apply to your situation.
     
  3. dstebbins

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    sry, but that doesn't tell me jack shit.

    Besides, all of a sudden it's fast again. Wtf?
     
  4. Anti-Trend

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    Watch it, you're on thin ice.
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    I was implying that you probably have spyware you need to deal with. It can slow your PC to a crawl.
     
  5. dstebbins

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    My computer came with megabytes of anti-spyware software preinstalled. Besides, like I said, all of a sudden my computer's fast again.
     
  6. Anti-Trend

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    How are we supposed to know that if you didn't provide the information to begin with?
     
  7. dstebbins

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    sorry.

    Luckily, it turns out I just needed to reboot. All done:cool:
     
  8. Anti-Trend

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    Yeah, that's Windows for you. A long time ago I was a helpdesk tech, and that was usually the first thing we had people do. ~90% of the time, it did the trick.
     
  9. StimpE

    StimpE lol, Internet!

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    Rebooting fixes all windows problems :p
     
  10. Anti-Trend

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    If only that was true... If ony that was true. :)
     

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